Background
Shackelford, George Green was born on December 17, 1920 in Orange, Virginia, United States. Son of Virginius Randolph and Peachy Gascoigne (Lyne) Shackelford.
Shackelford, George Green was born on December 17, 1920 in Orange, Virginia, United States. Son of Virginius Randolph and Peachy Gascoigne (Lyne) Shackelford.
Bachelor of Arts, University Virginia, 1943; Master of Arts, University Virginia, 1948; Doctor of Philosophy, University Virginia, 1955; postgraduate, Columbia University, 1949-1951; certified, Attingham, England, 1957.
Assistant professor of history, Birmingham (Alabama) Southern College, 1948-1949; research fellow, Virginia History Society, Richmond, 1951-1953; instructor, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, 1954-1955; assistant professor of history, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1955-1958; associate professor, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1958-1968; professor, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1968-1990; professor emeritus, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, since 1990. Consultant history management Westmoreland Davis Memorial Foundation, Leesburg, Virginia, 1967-1973, 77-81. Visiting scholar American Academy, Rome, 1996.
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Member Virginia Commission on Bicentennial of The United States Constitution, 1987-1992. Lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1949. Member American History Association, English Speaking Union (president Southwest Virginia branch 1979), National Trust for History Preservation (board advisors 1976-1979), Association Institute Early American History and Culture, Attingham Associates, Association Preservation Virginia Antiquities (board directors 1960-1964, 67-77), Monticello Association (president 1969-1971), Southern History Association, Virginia History Association, Society Archl.
History, Farmington Country Club.
Married Grace Howard McConnell, June 9, 1962.